USA | MCQs

Explanation

There are fifty states and Washington D.C.

The last two states to join the Union were Alaska (49th) and Hawaii (50th). Both joined in 1959.

United States of America Capital is Washington D.C..

United States of America Currency is United States Dollar.

United States of America official language is English; Spanish.

United States of America located is in Continent North America.

United States of America Primary Religion is Christianity.

United States of America Head of Govt. is President – Joe Biden.

Explanation

The term "The Big Apple" was first used in the early 1900s, but it became popular in the 1920s.

Sportswriter John J. Fitz Gerald is credited with popularizing the term in his column "Around the Big Apple" in the New York Morning Telegraph.

Fitz Gerald claimed he heard the term from two stable hands at the New Orleans Fair Grounds, who used it to refer to the large prizes at New York horse races.

Explanation

The youngest to become president by election was John F. Kennedy at the age of 35.

35th  U.S. president 

Belongs to Democratic party 

Assassination  Nov 1963 

Explanation

"The Statue of Liberty" was a gift from France to the USA.

It dedicated on October 28, 1886.

It recognized as a universal symbol of freedom.

It is located in New York, USA.

It has a height of 93 meters.

The construction was started in 1876.

The construction was completed in 1886.

It is designed by French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi.

It was designated on October 15, 1924.

Explanation

Hollywood located:

Country: United States

State: California

County: Los Angeles County

City: Los Angeles

Incorporated: 1903

Merged with Los Angeles: 1910

Harvey Henderson Wilcox owned a ranch west of the city of Los Angeles, which his wife Daeida named Hollywood, and that they founded together in 1887

Explanation

"The petrol boat picked up signals of a ship in distress."

• "Distress" is a noun that refers to a state of danger or emergency.

• "Distressed" is an adjective, but it doesn’t fit the grammatical structure of the sentence.

• "Distressing" is a present participle/adjective that refers to something causing distress, but here we need the noun "distress".

Explanation

• From 1901 to 2022, the United States received the most 400 Nobel Prizes.
• The country with the second highest number of Nobel Prizes is the United Kingdom with 138.
• Germany has  the second highest award at 111 and is also the third country with over 100 Nobel laureates.
  

Explanation

"As it was a minor offence, the traffic policeman let him off with a warning."

• "Offence" (noun) means a violation or a wrongdoing, especially of a law or rule.

• The sentence is talking about a small violation, so "minor offence" is the correct phrase.

Explanation

"Wise people do not spend their money foolishly."

• "Wise" is an adjective describing people.

• We use adjectives before nouns (e.g., wise people).

• "Wisely" is an adverb, and "wisdom" is a noun — both do not fit here.

Explanation

"I laughed at him for making a silly mistake."

• "Laughed at" is the correct phrase used when you are mocking 

• "For" is used to explain the reason for the action (in this case, making a silly mistake).